Bag



Sept. 5, 1967 J. J. GREVICH BAG Filed Dec.

INVENTOR. LEW/V JGK FV/CA Arman/5% United States Patent O 3,339,825 BAGJohn J. Grevich, Star Prairie, Wis., assignor to Doughboy Industries,Inc., New Richmond, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin Filed Dec. 8, 1965,Ser. No. 512,488

7 Claims. (Cl. 229-62) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A bag with the endfolded down and sealed to itself along a band parallel to the fold; ahandle being provided by finger holes in the bag and intersecting theband, the apertures being die cut across the band or fusion-formed withheat sealed peripheries.

This invention relates to a bag for confining articles for transportand, storage and having a carrying handle formed in the upper marginalportion thereof.

An object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedarticle-confining bag with a novel and improved bag carrying portionformed integrally into the upper marginal edge portion of the bag.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improvedarticle-confining bag with a simple and inexpensive closure formed inthe upper marginal portion of the bag, into which a carrying feature isprovided of a nature as to be formed by high speed processing machinery.

Another object of my invention is to provide in an article confining bagconstructed of heat scalable material, a carrying handle which is easyon a persons fingers so that a substantial weight of material canreadily be handled without injuring or unduly tiring a persons hand.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will more fullyappear from the following description made in connection with theaccompanying drawings, wherein like reference characters refer to thesame or similar parts throughout the several views, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a bag incorporating the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged detail section view taken at approximately 22 inFIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged detail section view taken approximately at 33 inFIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of the bag.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged detail elevation view of a portion of the bagillustrated in FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged detail section view taken approximately at 6-6 inFIG. 5.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of another modification of the bag andincorporating the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged detail section view taken approximately at 88 inFIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged detail section view, similar to FIG. 8, butillustrating a further modification of the bag incorporating myinvention.

In FIG. 1, the bag 10 is constructed of a tube of flexible heatsealab-le material, such as polyethylene, which is flattened into anoblong bag shape so that the bag essentially has a pair of front andrear flattened panels 11 and 12 in confronting relation with each other.The bag is shown having a closed bottom 13, and as illustrated the bag10 has a quantity Q of merchandise such as fertilizer contained therein.The bag 10 is particularly adapted for confining small quantities ofvarious granular materials, such as fertilizer, or for confiningarticles of manufacturers which are commonly sold in retail stores, andthe bag is well adapted to be carried by a purchaser from the store,substantially in the manner of a womans purse.

3,339,825 Patented Sept. 5, 1967 "ice As illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3,the upper portion 14 of the bag is folded at 15 downwardly so as todefine a multiple thickness closure area 16, cooperatively defining astrong handle and an efiicient closure for the bag 10. The closure area16 is provided with a pair of continuous seals 17 and 18 in spaced andparallel bands extending entirely across the width of the bag. The seal18 provides a complete closure for the interior of the bag and fusestogether the multiple thicknesses of the closure area to very materiallystrengthen the bag in the closure area 16 which also serves as a handle.

The closure area 16 is also provided with a plurality offinger-receiving holes or apertures 19, the periphery of eachintersecting the seal 17 so that the edges 20 of the multiplethicknesses in the closure area are held together by the seal 17.

In the form illustrated in FIGS. l-3, the holes 19 are die cut aroundtheir entire peripheries 19.

It will be noted that the holes 19 are spaced from each other so thatthe fingers of a persons hand can be comfortably inserted into theseholes for gripping the bag. The sealing together at the edge 20 of themultiple thicknesses produces an intimate cooperation between theseveral thicknesses of heat scalable polyethylene as to provide a handleof very substantial strength and comfort for the fingers. The weight ofthe material in the bag and the tension applied at the holes 19 on thefingers is spread out over a substantial width of the bag by the seals17 and 18, and furthermore, the upper peripheral portions of the holes19 tend to turn over slightly under weight of the material Q so as todistribute the weight over a substantial surface area of the personsfingers.

The construction of the bag illustrated in FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 issubstantially the same as that hereinbefore described. The flattenedrear and front panels 31 and 32 have their upper portions 33 foldeddownwardly at 34 to define a multiple thickness closure portion 35having seals 36 and 37 fusing together all of the thicknesses ofpolyethylene material in the closure portion 35. The holes or apertures38 are die cut incompletely around the periphery 39 of the holes and inintersecting relation with the seal 36 so as to define a depending flap40 attached to the closure area 16 at the top of each of the holes 38.The flap also has multiple thicknesses which are secured together by theseals 36' formed prior to the die cutting of the holes 38.

The several flaps 40 at each of the holes is swung out of the hole andfolded upwardly as illustrated in FIG. 6 when a persons fingers areinserted into the apertures for carrying the bag. It will be understoodthat the seal 36 which is intersected by the die cut peripheries of theholes, holds the multiple thickness of the closure area togetheradjacent the holes 38 as to multiply the strength of the material byassuring all of the available material is continuously used insupporting the load carried by the bag.

Retaining of the multiple thicknesses together in the closure area 35also facilitates easier insertion of the persons fingers through theholes.

Additionally, and of substantial importance in this form of theinvention, the flaps 40 provide a smoothly rounded or contoured surfaceagainst which the fingers of a persons hand press when the bag 30 islifted by means of the fingers extending the the holes.

In the form of the invention illustrated in FIG. 7, the bag issubstantially identical to bag 10 hereinbefore de scribed, but it willbe noted that the apertures 51 in the closure area 52 have diametricallyopposite portions 53 of the hole peripheries secured together by theseal 54 which is entirely intersected by each of the holes 51. Thiscontrast to the placement of the holes 19 in FIG. 1 which intersect theseal 17 only at the edges 20 adjacent the lower 3 portion of theperiphery and the seal 17 is uninterrupted across the entire width ofthe bag.

The form of the bag 60 illustrated in FIG. 9 is similar to the bags 10and 50 of FIGS. 1 and 7 and has the seals 61 and 62 in the closure area63. Each of the apertures 64 is formed by melting the heat sealablematerial and forming an annular bead 65 at the entire periphery of thehole. The complete peripheral bead around the whole periphery providesadditional strengthening by assuring complete cooperation between all ofthe thicknesses of the closure area 63 in supporting the materialcarried by the bag. The peripheral bead 65 also increases the comfort insupporting the bag on a persons fingers. It will be seen that I haveprovided a new and improved bag having an integrally formed carryinghandle in such a simple and inexpensive manner as to eliminate the needfor other form of carrying devices or handle structures or bags in whichrather heavy products are sold. The bag provides a complete closure toconfine the granular material or other type of merchandise therein.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various partswithout departing from the scope of my invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A hand carriable bag for confining merchandise such as articles andgranular material,

comprising a tube of flexible sheet material flattened to arrange a pairof panels in confronting relation with each other, said panels havingupper portions folded downwardly and defining a multiple thicknessclosure area, said closure area including a seal fusing the thicknessesof sheet material together and along a band spaced downwardly from thefold, and said closure area having a plurality of finger-receiving holesthrough the band and facilitating manual gripping and carrying.

2. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said fingerreceiving holes havedie cut peripheries intersecting the 4 seal whereby to retain themultiple thicknesses together at the holes.

3. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said multiple thickness closurearea has edges extending incompletely around the peripheries of saidholes and defining depending flaps foldable upwardly out of the holesduring hand carrying of the bag.

4. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said multiple thickness closurearea has hole edges sealed together and extending incompletely aroundthe peripheries of said holes and defining depending flaps each ofmultiple thickness material sealed together, said flaps being foldableupwardly out of the holes during hand carrying of the bag.

5. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said seal is substantiallyuniform all along the band at said holes and extending entirely acrossthe closure area and the pair of flattened sheet material panels.

6. The bag according to claim 1 wherein said seal is substantiallycontinuous along said band to the holes and to the sides of said panels,said closure area also including a second seal fusing the thicknesses ofsheet material together uniformly all along a band disposed below saidfirst mentioned band and effecting a secure closure between the upperportions of said panels.

7. The bag according to claim 1 and including a second seal fusing themultiple thicknesses of the closure area together uniformly along asecond band disposed below said first mentioned band and extendingacross the panels substantially to the side edges thereof.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,463,302 3/1949 Orchard 229-543,008,837 11/1961 Kaplan 22954 X 3,092,439 6/ 1964 Harrison. 3,140,0397/1964 Conti 22962 3,249,285 5/1966 Dollheimer et al. 22953 JOSEPH R.LECLA'IR, Primary Examiner. DAVID M. BOCKENEK, Assistant Examiner.

1. A HAND CARRIABLE BAG FOR CONFINING MERCHANDISE SUCH AS ARTICLES ANDGRANULAR MATERIAL, COMPRISING A TUBE OF FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIALFLATTENED TO ARRANGE A PAIR OF PANELS IN CONFRONTING RELATION WITH EACHOTHER, SAID PANELS HAVING UPPER PORTIONS FOLDED DOWWARDLY AND DEFINING AMULTIPLE THICKNESS CLOSURE AREA, SAID CLOSURE AREA INCLUDING A SEALFUSING THE THICKNESSES OF SHEET MATERIAL TOGETHER AND ALONG A BANDSPACED DOWNWARDLY FROM THE FOLD, AND SAID CLOSURE AREA HAVING APLURALITY OF FINGER-RECEIVING HOLES THROUGH THE BAND AND FACILITATINGMANUAL GRIPPING AND CARRYING.